I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 520

Somehow, I thoroughly extracted the rolling stone that had almost rolled inside.

I had been pondering how to deal with him in the first place, but who knew it would be resolved so simply?

Of course, it would have been even better if the experiment had succeeded. If it had, everyone would be trying it left and right immediately.

[Starlight Lady: Still, I think the significance of the experiment itself was quite good. Even though it failed due to the inherent uncertainty of the Forest of the Four Seasons...]

[Wild Grylls: If we complement it a bit more, I’ll be able to get out someday too, right?]

[Starlight Lady: That is true, but Grylls-nim, as time goes on, you keep growing way too strong.]

Meaning the Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy still holds true. It left a bitter aftertaste.

Becoming stronger is the best way to survive more easily in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

However, the stronger I got, the lower the possibility became of someone pulling me out from the outside.

’Still, it’s not like I can just stop training.’

Rather than me, it was more realistic for Ludwig to escape first.

I left a word of thanks to Starlight Lady. After all, Starlight Lady was the one who had suffered through the effort.

Since the stone that had almost rolled in had left on its own, all that remained was the Boss Gorilla.

"As for you... let’s talk later when Lackey gets back. And one more thing."

There was a most important part. I raised a finger to emphasize.

The Boss Gorilla also wore a slightly tense face as I gave an instruction.

"Nothing else, just learn Korean first."

[#$$#$, #$ #@$%%$ #$$%]

"#$$%$#?"

[Is it for communication?]

Spot on. When I affirmed, the Boss Gorilla nodded as well.

Since we planned to interact frequently in the future, he should at least learn the language. It wasn’t as if I could learn Central Plains speech instead.

If, by some extreme off-chance, I made it outside, I might have to learn Central Plains speech.

Because Heavenly Demon, who gave me immense help, was a person of Zhongyuan. Either way, learning a language couldn’t hurt.

’Should I learn other languages whenever I have free time?’

At least Central Plains speech would be convenient to learn. Even if it was an archaic dialect, it would be fine.

Come to think of it, learning not just Central Plains speech but also Avalon’s—that is, the Holy Kingdom’s—language wouldn’t be bad either. Though it might be piecemeal.

’By the way, is this guy a genius like Lackey too?’

Lackey had become capable of communicating with me in less than a week.

But I wasn’t so sure about the Boss Gorilla. His talent might be entirely min-maxed into martial arts.

This was a matter to observe as time went on. Right now, setting up plans took priority.

’I need to repair the house first.’

After finishing up the tidying, the thoroughly battered Shelter came into sight.

It was just that my party hadn’t suffered major harm; it didn’t mean the Shelter was undamaged.

Especially seeing the furnace I had painstakingly built collapsed... really heart-rending.

I had put in no small amount of effort to build that, so it was tragic.

"Alright. So let’s rebuild the house first. It’s difficult to bring hobgoblins over right now, so let’s just erect what we can."

Everyone must be exhausted after fighting such a big battle, but there was no choice.

It might pour rain soon, and we needed to prepare a place to rest for today, didn’t we?

And so, the entire party joined hands to repair the Shelter. This included the Boss Gorilla as well.

"Could you hand me that hammer over there?"

"Here it is."

"You already learned the language?"

"Roughly."

Unlike his younger brother Lackey, the Boss Gorilla was remarkably obedient.

Whether he realized he was a prisoner or had half-given up, he didn’t resist.

In Lackey’s case, perhaps because he harbored venom, he tended to rebel.

Of course, after a few sessions of discipline, he dutifully called me Master.

"You call me Master too. Got it?"

"Understood."

"...How can brothers be this different?"

He followed orders so well that it was actually overwhelming on my end. Would I even be able to send him back later?

Anyway, thanks to the Boss Gorilla’s smooth cooperation, rebuilding the Shelter wasn’t difficult.

Especially because his basic physical abilities were inherently outstanding, he was exceedingly suited for manual labor.

"Sleeping... do you mind sleeping outside?"

"I do not mind."

"Still, it might get cold, so I’ll give you a blanket."

The sun fell and pitch-black evening arrived. The Boss Gorilla followed my commands without a word of complaint.

The thought suddenly struck me: if he was like this, shouldn’t I just remove the Mana Suppressor?

But since I couldn’t be completely at ease either, I decided to observe the situation a bit longer.

Jigeul-jigeul-jigeul—

Instead, as a token of appreciation for today’s hard work, I threw a meat party. Everyone had worked hard, so this level of luxury was perfectly fine.

Fortunately, those damn gorillas had only wrecked the house, forge, and furnace; they had left the food storage untouched.

To be exact, rather than untouched, there were traces of them stealing a few food supplies. That couldn’t be helped.Get faster updates on nove⁠lping.com.

I had to consider it a relief that they hadn’t stolen the aged meat at least.

"Here. Try this. Have you ever eaten meat?"

[#$%%$ #$?]

"Never. #%%# #$%"

[He says he only ate grass and bananas.]

Since he wasn’t perfectly fluent in Korean yet, Cain had to step in and translate here and there.

Even this was such astonishing progress that I couldn’t help but marvel.

For a pair of brothers to both be geniuses... Just what kind of beings were their parents?

"That’s why you lost to me. A person—er, being needs to eat meat to get strong!"

"...."

Did he understand my words? The Boss Gorilla stared blankly at me.

And then he even muttered something in Central Plains speech.

[Puhu...]

Cain, hearing this, didn’t even translate and just burst out laughing.

Just what did he say for Cain to react like that?

"What did he say that made you laugh?"

[He says coming from a guy who’s even more of a beast than himself, it carries high credibility.]

"...."

[Congratulations. Not only the younger brother, but now the elder brother treats you like a beast as well.]

Should I seriously use him as a foot calloused scraper? After a moment of annoyance, I shook my head side to side.

Indeed, from the Boss Gorilla’s perspective, I must have surpassed even the category of beasts.

Because in less than a few months, I had grown enough to effortlessly subdue the Boss Gorilla.

"Shut up and just eat. You have to work tomorrow too."

Grumbling, I passed a piece of golden-cooked meat to the Boss Gorilla.

The Boss Gorilla stared at the appetizingly cooked meat before slowly reaching out his hand.

Tak!

"Uh-uh. Use chopsticks. Where do you think you’re going eating dirty with your hands?"

"...."

When I immediately stopped him, the Boss Gorilla looked at me with a peculiar expression.

Normally he should wear an uncomfortable face, yet it was as if he were projecting someone onto me.

"Wi Ho-chang."

"What?"

"Strict. Wi Ho-chang. Exactly you."

"...."

Now I’m even being called a nagging boomer by a gorilla. A dry laugh escaped me.

Could Wi Ho-chang have told him to use chopsticks too? I wondered what kind of life he had lived.

At any rate, having eaten a satisfying dinner, I entered the roughly repaired house.

"Try this. Your younger brother loved it too."

For dessert, I made candied sweet potatoes. Naturally, he ate it with absolute relish.

The brothers even had identical palates. I began looking forward to the time when Lackey returned.

Title) It’s exhausting

Wild Grylls

(Photo of Boss Gorilla eating candied sweet potatoes)

(Photo of Wonmo exhausted and sleeping immediately)

(Photo of Bbareumbo and Maengkkongi sitting in front of the campfire)

(Photo of Ludwig reading a book)

Fighting wasn’t that hard, but repairing the Shelter was way harder.

If I’d known this, I would’ve kept a few prisoners. My foresight was lacking...

↳ Heavenly Demon) That black thing seems to have already adapted.

↳ Sword Matstar) Looking purely at his appearance, he really is nothing but a black gorilla though?

↳ Aren’t gorillas originally black?

↳ Are you seriously being racist right now?

↳ That’s not racism, that looks like a pure intelligence issue;;

↳ Heavenly Demon) Great Apes are originally black, is thy head lacking?

↳ Sword Matstar) Shut up. I only saw white ones until now so I misremembered.

↳ Smart Demon) Hearing that you’re stupid from that human is rare lolol

↳ Dissing two people at the same time at once~

↳ Every time I see this guy he acts like he has extra lives lololol

↳ Seriously what’s he gonna do if he meets Heavenly Demon later?

↳ Smart Demon) Guess I’ll die.

↳ lolololol

↳ lololol

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↳ By any chance are you gonna keep bringing him around?

↳ Wild Grylls) For now I’m treating him as a captive. FXI, Gu-chil went off somewhere.This chapter is updated first at novel‌ping.com.

↳ Where’d he go? Did you release him?

↳ Wild Grylls) Dunno. Don’t know if he went to America or Heaven. He just vanished on his own out of nowhere.

↳ Ah, so he’d rather die than become a slave.

↳ Tsk tsk, living at his place would be way more comfortable.

↳ Does this mean the Blood Cult is completely collapsed now?

↳ It was collapsed from the start after Heavenly Demon wrecked them.

↳ When you go to the gorillas’ territory later, won’t there be secret manuals left behind by Wi Ho-chang or something?

"Huh?"

My eyes widened at the opinion of one user.

As soon as I read that, I immediately called out to the Boss Gorilla outside.

"Hey. I have something to ask..."

"...."

But this bastard. He got caught red-handed doing something bizarre.

I don’t know how he learned it after seeing it just once, but he was secretly making candied sweet potatoes all by himself.

Cooking while walking on eggshells, only to get caught dead to rights. Thanks to that, a subtle silence settled over us.

"...."

"...."

"...First, get down on your head."

Did the Boss Gorilla realize his wrongdoing as well? At my order, he planted his head down first.

Because of his short legs, he struggled with the headstand punishment, the so-called Headstand Punishment.

But a fault is a fault. I spoke in a chill voice.

"Do you think a mere captive gets to cook food as he pleases?"

"So... delicious..."

"Your younger brother said that too. How are you brothers shameless in the exact same way?"

Especially when it came to food, he was filled with greed. He really was just a black Lackey.

Perhaps he was getting a late obsession with food. Breathing a sigh, I asked.

"Is there a secret manual or something Wi Ho-chang left behind in your territory? Someone suggested that given his personality, he probably left one."

"...."

"Ah, right. Cain-ssi."

I called Cain to translate. He was so much like Lackey that I momentarily got confused.

"Something similar. Exists."

"It exists?"

"Probably."

’Probably’, huh. It undoubtedly exists.

But there was no good in boasting about this openly.

Although treated like a whipping boy on the Gallery, the Blood Cult was once the worst criminal syndicate in the Central Plains.

Exposing the secret manual of Wi Ho-chang, who was their Alpha and Omega? That went beyond simple trolling; it would act as a catalyst to resurrect the Blood Cult.

’Still, burning it wouldn’t be good.’

I planned to hand it over to someone trustworthy. That person was only one.

[Wild Grylls: If I find the secret manual, I’ll give it to Heavenly Demon-nim. That’s fine, right?]

[Heavenly Demon: I mind not. By the way, I am curious. The secret manual of the Arch-Demon who once almost swallowed half the Jianghu.]

It was Heavenly Demon. Unlike the Blood Demon, she barely committed evil deeds.

Even if she committed any, there would be no instance of her doing so for private gain. She was trustworthy.

Not to mention she was currently editing the Heavenly Demon Divine Art for my sake.

I hoped she might obtain some hints through Wi Ho-chang’s secret manual.

[Heavenly Demon: Dost thou not think this seat might commit evil deeds like the Blood Demon?]

[Wild Grylls: Are you going to?]

[Heavenly Demon: I merely asked.]

[Wild Grylls: I trust you because you’re Heavenly Demon-nim.]

I trust you because you’re Heavenly Demon. Was this single line quite moving?

For a while, there was no returning message from Heavenly Demon. It felt as if she wanted to say something but was holding back.

Shortly after, leaving a message telling me to rest well, Heavenly Demon vanished. It seemed I just needed to hand it over to her soon.

’By the way, did Gu-chil fail to see the secret manual too? Why was he so weak?’

Let’s ask about this tomorrow. It’s late at night, so asking now would be rude.

Just like that, a day flashed by quickly, and when the next day came...

Peolreok! Peolreok!

—Hm? There is a fellow I haven’t seen before.

"He’s a worker I recruited."

—Is that so.

Vanir returned, bringing Tyranno and Lackey along.

The Boss Gorilla’s reaction upon seeing this was...

"...#$. @#%$ #%%."

"What is he saying?"

[Fuck. I almost got fucked.]

Truly blunt.